I was scared shitless!

I'll be honest: I really didn't know how to write about the Nagasaki Lantern festival. I was only there for about an hour, but it made a lasting impression. After going through the photos, it became abundantly clear that they all have one thing in common: they are scary as shit.

Pictures: Beware of cultural bizarreness! (Dragons and rabid rabbits and beheaded piglets, oh my!)


Before we went, a fellow JET told us to "Look for the beaver...trust me. I can't say anything else, just find it!" Well we never found the beaver, so I will always wonder what was so great about it. Come to think of it, we might be better off.

I did manage to gobble up some sesame balls, mmmmmm! Aside from their penchant for eating cow guts and brains, Chinese food is much better than Japanese!